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Earlier this week, Bobby Brown celebrated Bobbi Kristina’s 22nd birthday at an Atlanta hospital. For over a month and a half, Bobbi Kristina has been in a medically induced coma after being found unconscious in a bathtub by Nick Gordon and a friend. Brown stated from the beginning that Gordon and his daughter were not…

Last week during Empire, Jussie Smollett’s character, Jamal Lyon, came out during a musical performance, and although his character is out and proud, many people feel that Smollett’s own sexuality is up for discussion. However, Smollett has been mum on his sexuality, refusing to address it, and that’s definitely his prerogative. But fans and viewers…

Someone pull out the congratulations cards, because it’s being reported that Chris Brown is a father. On Tuesday night, TMZ broke the story that Brown is the father to a 9-month-old daughter. Not too many details exist about the mother, Nia, besides the fact that she and Brown are friends and she’s a former “model.”…

When I first heard O.T. Genasis’ song “CoCo,” I thought to myself, “Why is someone singing about baking?” But then I realized, sure, it was about baking, but not the Pillsbury kind. More like illegal narcotics. Then I stopped singing the song. But that’s not to say the song isn’t catchy as hell. Just, um,…

In 1989 John Hughes’ film Uncle Buck, starring John Candy, shot to box-office fame after its release. The film centered on a character named Buck Russell, who was asked to take care of his nieces and nephews. A classic Hughes film, Uncle Buck is still bringing in numbers with DVD sales. Since its release, it’s…

Mo’Nique has been on a media blitz since writing her essay for the Hollywood Reporter about being blackballed. The story has evolved from Mo’Nique’s being told by Precious director Lee Daniels that she was blackballed to her actually saying she was lowballed, and now saying it was Daniels who actually blackballed her. In an interview…

Jussie Smollett’s career has skyrocketed since Empire’s premiere. Although Smollett’s character, Jamal Lyon, is gay, Smollett has never mentioned his own sexual orientation publicly—he has even gone so far as not to answer when he’s been asked about it—but his co-star did it for him. Malik Yoba, who plays Vernon Turner on Empire, recently put…

In the world of co-opting, appropriation, Iggy Azaleas and Kardashians, it seems as though, in the words of the great Paul Mooney, everyone wants to be a black woman until it’s time to actually “be a black woman.” I get it. Black women are the s—t. And we have been since the beginning of time.…

Just because Black History Month is over doesn’t mean you have to stop celebrating. And since March is Women’s History Month, it’s only apropos to celebrate one of our greatest poets ever, Maya Angelou. As part of Nickelodeon’s Black History Month tribute, the network partnered with the Because of Them We Can campaign. The campaign was…

Either ESPN anchor Robert Flores is a fan of hip-hop or he’s not a fan of Iggy Azalea, but he took it upon himself during a recent broadcast to dis the Australian rapper. Last month Azalea let the world know on Twitter that her boyfriend, basketball player Nick Young, is afraid of dolphins. To further…